Walking in the New Forest

A guidebook to 30 day walks of between 3 and 10 miles set throughout the New Forest National Park in Hampshire and Wiltshire. Routes explore ancient woodland, heather-clad heath and dramatic coastline, all within easy reach of Southampton, Bournemouth and Salisbury. Walks for all abilities, easily combined to make up longer challenges.

This guidebook describes 30 day walks of between 3 and 10 miles set right across the New Forest National Park. Suitable for all abilities, the walks can easily be combined into longer routes for greater challenges, through woodland, heath and along the coast, all illustrated with large-scale OS map extracts and vibrant colour photographs.
The area is also an animal lover's paradise, providing natural habitat to many types of wildlife including deer, all six of Britain's native reptiles and the New Forest's very own species of pony. The New Forest is a unique landscape of open heath and ancient woodland tucked into south-west Hampshire and south-east Wiltshire. To many, a key feature is the ancient and ornamental woods, and here can be found the greatest concentration of 'veteran' trees in western Europe. And all this located within Britain's smallest national park, within easy reach of Southampton, Bournemouth and Salisbury.

Overview map
Introduction
Plants and wildlife
Geology
History of the New Forest
Walking in the New Forest
Using the guide
Maps
Getting to the New Forest
Getting around the New Forest
Food and drink
Where to stay
Countryside Codes
Access and rights of way
The New Forest online
Longer walks and long-distance routes

The Walks
Langley Wood and Hamptworth
Godshill and Castle Hill
Hatchet Green and Woodgreen
Bramshaw Telegraph and Eyeworth Pond
Bramshaw Church and Nomansland
Abbots Well and Alderhill Inclosure
Fritham and Cadman's Pool
Janesmoor Pond and the Rufus Stone
High Corner Inn and Ogden's Purlieu
Appleslade Bottom to Rockford via Ibsley Common
Castle Piece and Linford Brook
Exploring Bolderwood
Minstead and Furzey Gardens
Portuguese Fireplace and the Knightwood Oak
Bank and Gritnam
Ober Water and Blackwater Arboretum
Holmsley Walk and Burley
Wilverley Inclosure and Castleman's Corkscrew
Lyndhurst and Bolton's Bench
Ashurst figure-of-eight
Beaulieu Road and Bishop's Dyke
King's Hat, Dibden Bottom and the Beaulieu River
Stubby Copse Inclosure and Balmer Lawn
Brockenhurst and Dilton
Hatchet Pond and Hawkhill Inclosure
Beaulieu River from Beaulieu to Buckler's Hard
Setley Common and Boldre Church
Exploring the coastline from Lymington to Keyhaven
Milford on Sea and Hurst Castle
Lepe and Exbury

Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Useful contact information
Appendix C Glossary
Appendix D Bibliography